Spring-bed



(No Model.)

W-A. YATES.

SPRING BED.

No. 440,937. Patented No?. 18, 1890.

` UNTTED STATES PATENT @lirica VILLIAM A. YATES, OF VINE GROVE, KENTUCKY.

SPRING-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,937, dated November 1S, 1890.

Application filed April 23, 1890.

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. YATEs, of Vine Grove, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Beds, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in spring-beds, and ehiey to that class which is provided with an adjustable head-section.

The purpose of the invention is to protect the pivotal or hinge connections between the said head-section and the frame from injury or strain during transportation and prevent displacement of the same under rough handling.

A further purpose of the invention is to conceal the braces which support the headsection when the latter is in a folded position and to maintain a close joint between the said head-section and the frame, to the exclusion of dirt and foreign substances which would lodge on the said braces if any space existed between the upper portion of the said head-section and the frame.

A still further purpose of the invention is to brace the springs in all directions by bracewires and have the brace-wires connected with the frame, whereby the springs will be securely held in a xed relation with each other and with thesides of the frame and still be capable of yielding' when pressed upon from above.

A further object of the invention is to preserve a connection and bearing-support between the head-section and the other part of the bed, so that there will be no gaping space between the said head-section and the remaining part of the bed at the various adjustments of the said head-sectiona thereby obviating the creasing and the strain on the bed ding which is so common to beds that are provided with adjustable sections.

Still another object of the invention is to prevent slacking of the brace-wires when adjusting the head-section, whereby the springs bordering on the line of friction or separation between the said head-section and the other portion of the bed will be held in a fixed relation and prevented from careening over.

The improvement consists of the novel features and the peculiar construction and combination of the parts, which hereinafter will be more fully described and claimed, and

Serial No. 349,561. (No model.)

which are shown in the annexed drawings, in which-s Figure l is a sectional view of a portion of a bed-bottom embodying my inventiomshowing the head-section elevated. Fig. 2 is an end view at the head of the bed bottom, the headsection being lowered. Fig. 3 is adetail side View at the head end of the bed-bottom. Fig. 4 is a detail top plan View of one side of the headsection and a portion ot' the bed-bottom frame contiguous thereto. Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line fr a: of Fig. 4..

The frame of the bed-bottom is composed of the side bars A A and the end bars B and C. bars A A, whereas the bar B is only about half the width, and, with the end bar E of the head-section, extends from the bottom edge of thesaid side bars to the top edge thereof. The slats H, which comprise the fixed portion of the bedbottom,have their ends secured to the side bars of the frame and are provided in sufficient numbers to extend about twothirds the length of the frame from the bottom to the head thereof, the head-section occupying the remaining one-third space. The

head-section is pivotally connected with the side bars of the frame and is held in an elevated position by the braces F, two being provided, one for each side. These braces are pivotally connected at their upper ends with the side pieces D of the head-section, and their lower ends pass through keepers f, provided on the inner sides of the side bars A A, and are toothed on their lower edges to engage with the lower ends of the keepers and hold the head-section at the located position. In order that both braces may be simultaneously disengaged from the keepers to permit the lowering of the head-section, when elevated, the cord G is provided and is connected at the ends to the said braces, and passes through suitable guides to the exterior of the bar B, so that it can be readily grasped when required. The side pieces D D of the head-section are rabbeted on the sides opposing the side bars A A at d to admit of the braces F F folding within the space thus formed When the head-section is lowered. The head-section folds within the space comprised between the side bars A A and is supported at its free end by the end bar E thereof resting on the bar B,

The bar C is the full width of the side y IOO the ends of the bar E overlapping the ends of the side bars A A. The hook and eye e and e hold the head-section closed. The head-section is provided with slats H and with springs I. The springsI on the slats H and the springs I are arranged in parallel, longitudinal, and transverse rows and are connected at their upper ends by the longitudinal, transverse, and diagonal brace-wires J, K, L, and M, respectively. The longitudinal brace-wires J pass centrally over the rows of springs and are connected at their ends with the end bars E and C, and are wrapped around or otherwise secured to .the springs at the point of crossing. The ltransverse brace-wires K pass centrally over the springs from right to left, and are secured at their ends to the side bars A A and the side pieces D D, and are fastened to the springs and to the longitudinal brace-wires at the points of intersection therewith. The diagonal brace-wires M and L extend in opposite directions and pass centrally over the springs, and are connected at their ends with the bed-bottom and head-section frames. These diagonal brace-wires are connected attheir points of intersection with each other and with the longitudinal and transverse brace-wires and with the springs, as shown. The several brace-wires near their ends are deflected down from the top coil of the terminal springs and are secured to the next coil below the top coil, and run thence to the frame, to which they are secured. By

this arrangement the terminal springs can be compressed without producing any slack in the brace-wires. The springs N couple the ends of the longitudinal brace-wires J, which border on the line of separation between the head-section and the ixed part of the springbottom, and are provided to take up slack in said wires when adjusting the head-section. These springs also form a bearing-support for the bedding between the said head-sectionl and the remaining part of the bed.

Having described my invention, what I claim is as follows:

The hereinbefore-described bed-bottom, composed ot a frame having the narrow end bar B and having a iixed section of springs, the pivoted head-section having the bar E, adapted to rest on the bar B and having its ends overlapping the ends of the side bars of the said frame, and having its side bars rabbeted, the braces adapted to fold in the spaces provided by the said rabbets and connected to be operated simultaneously, the longitudinal, transverse, and diagonal brace-wires connected at their points of intersection with the springs and with each other and at their ends with the frame, and the coupling-springs N, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this, the 14th day of April, 1890.

WILLIAM A. YATES.

Witnesses:

J As. R. HOPKINS, B. A. TABER. 

